[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2357. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
        At the end of title VIII of division D, add the following:

     SEC. 408__. FOREST SERVICE HIRE AUTHORITY.

       Section 12518 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 
     (16 U.S.C. 1725b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
     redesignated)--
       (i) by striking ``Land'' and inserting ``Lands''; and
       (ii) by striking ``applies to a former resource assistant'' 
     and inserting the following: ``applies to--
       ``(1) a former resource assistant''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) except as provided in paragraph (1), a former 
     participant in the Public Lands Corps program established by 
     section 204 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 
     1723) who--
       ``(A) successfully fulfilled the requirements of a 
     qualified candidate and program participation; and
       ``(B) earned a high school diploma or equivalent diploma of 
     completion, or completed a workforce development training 
     program; and
       ``(3) a graduate of a Civilian Conservation Center program 
     described in section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d)) who successfully 
     completed a training program focused on forestry, wildland 
     firefighting, or another topic relating to the mission of the 
     Forest Service.''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) by striking ``date on which the candidate'' and 
     inserting the following: ``date on which--
       ``(1) in the case of a qualified candidate described in 
     subsection (b)(1), the candidate''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) in the case of a qualified candidate described in 
     subsection (b)(2), the later of--
       ``(A) the candidate successfully fulfilled the requirements 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(A); or
       ``(B) the candidate earned a diploma or competed a program 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(B); or
       ``(3) in the case of a qualified candidate described in 
     subsection (b)(3), the candidate graduated from the Civilian 
     Conservation Center.''.
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